2026 Legal Update 

Attorney General Tim Griffin will host a FREE legal update for government attorneys and administrators on May 15, 2026, at the Professional Education Center at Camp Robinson in North Little Rock. This training has been approved for 6 hours of Continuing Legal Education (CLE) credit which includes one hour of Ethics credit. Breakfast and lunch are both provided.

AGENDA

8:00 – 8:30 a.m.	Check – In Begins / Breakfast
8:30 – 8:35 a.m.	Welcoming Remarks
8:35 – 9:35 a.m.	CAR Drafting Tips and Best Practices Issac Linam, Legislative Attorney, Administrative Rules Review Section, Bureau of Legislative Research
9:35-10:05 a.m.	How to Handle Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Charges Doralee Chandler, Deputy Attorney General and Director of Consumer Utility Rate Advocacy Division, State Agencies Division, Office of the Attorney General Tim Griffin Michael Lewis, Senior Assistant Attorney General, State Agencies Division, Office of the Attorney General Tim Griffin
10:05 – 10:15 a.m.	Break
10:15 – 11:15 a.m.	Freedom of Information Act Will Olson, Assistant Attorney General, Opinions & FOIA Division, Office of the Attorney General Tim Griffin
11:15-11:45 am.	Practicing Before the Claims Commission: Considerations for Agency Attorneys Kathryn Irby, Director, Claims Commission, State of Arkansas
11:45 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.	Lunch (provided on-site)
12:30 – 1:30 p.m.	Ethics for State Attorneys Robert Brech, Executive Director, Office of Professional Conduct at the Administrative Office of the Courts
1:30 – 2:30 p.m.	Becoming a Resilient Attorney: Strategies to Offset Burnout and Engage Various Dimensions of Well-Being in the Legal Practice Jennifer Donaldson, Executive Director, Arkansas Judges and Lawyers Assistance Program    Candice McCown, Assistant Director, Arkansas Judges and Lawyers Assistance Program
2:30 – 2:40 p.m.	Break
2:40 – 3:40 p.m.	A State Attorney’s Role Under Arkansas Procurement Law Ed Armstrong, Associate General Counsel, University of Arkansas
3:40 – 3:45 p.m.	Closing Remarks

 

 

Attorney General Tim Griffin would like to invite you to the FREE 15th annual Missing Persons Event. This is a special gathering for families and the Arkansas community to raise awareness of the issues surrounding missing persons and to recognize Arkansas’s missing. There will be a training session from 9 a.m. – 3 p.m., family session from 10 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. as well as a luncheon ceremony. We will apply for Continuing Legal Education (CLE) and Commission on Law Enforcement Standards and Training (CLEST) credit.

Consumer Health Summit: What every Arkansan should know about the products we consume

September 28-29, 2026

Statehouse Convention Center, Little Rock, Arkansas

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